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How to Make Art a Career: The Three Golden Questions to Ask Yourself

Take steps. Small steps. If you want a career to be long-lasting you donโ€™t want to force something to grow. Building a career is just like growing a plant. It needs to be planted in good soil and taken care of while itโ€™s still small and unknown to the world. It has to get love and the right nutrition to be able to function and to live up to its potential as a bigger plant.ย 

Do not rush. I canโ€™t emphasize this enough. Yes, you need to throw yourself out there and be willing to do things that scare you, but you should never compromise with your own health – mental, physical or spiritual – nor should you lower your morals or let go of your integrity in order to get to where you want to go. This needs to be intact and if you are a solid artist your career will take off in the time you are ready for it.ย 

How To Discover Your Art Style

Letโ€™s say you have discovered yourself as an artist and you want to express yourself in some of the more traditional ways we look at creativity, for example painting, singing, writing music, dancing, or sculpting and designing. If you are certain about the way and the technique you want to express yourself in, but youโ€™re new and havenโ€™t discovered your specific style yet, it can be a very tricky task. Itโ€™s not because you donโ€™t have it already but because of the influence of everything around you. It is important to remember you canโ€™t give what you donโ€™t have. We all know this but we tend to forget it while starting to look around us and being affected by what others do and think.ย This leads us towards the two approaches we will highlight in this article to clarify how you can discover your art style and what actually makes an impression on your creative self.

Interview with Chris Oโ€™Rourke | Part 2 – Business Side of Metal Sculpting

Chris Oโ€™Rourke sculptures

As a longtime car and motorcycle enthusiast, Chris Oโ€™Rourkeโ€™s journey from metal fabricator to sculpture artist is a shining example of how materials typically reserved for mechanical applications are equally suited to art when in the right hands. In this two-part series, WAN has the pleasure of interviewing a unique artist whose pursuit of perfection has resulted in his work being highly valuated in the art world.

AMALGAM COLLECTION: Fashioning The Worldโ€™s Finest Scale Models

Amalgam Collection

The worldโ€™s leading retailers are proud to offer these extraordinary pieces of model art, including MR PORTER and the SKP store in Beijing. Ralph Lauren commissioned 1:8 models of the 17 most important cars in his collection, that were displayed at the Musรฉe des Arts Dรฉcoratifs in Paris in 2011 during the exhibition โ€˜The Art of the Automobile: Masterpieces from the Ralph Lauren Collectionโ€™. These models, and now a collection at 1:18 scale, continue to be available to buy at the flagship Ralph Lauren stores worldwide. Watchmaker Richard Mille commissioned several 1:5 scale models of cars from his collection, which contains some of the rarest and most significant vintage race cars.

Exclusive Interview: MONCHO1929 – Explosive Public Artist for the VIP | Google, Audi, Figge, Buffett

From Google and Audi to the French Consulate of the US, from Paramount and Universal Pictures to the Public Art collections of cities like Glendale, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood – his work has been featured in various solo and group exhibitions in the United States and all over the World! This is WAN’s exclusive interview with an explosive public artist – MONCHO1929

How To Discover Yourself As An Artist

Art is an expression that needs to be allowed to flow freely. Donโ€™t try to figure out how to do the best piece of art to fit in, do your thing. This is not about being accepted or evaluated. Some people will love you and some wonโ€™t. It’s as simple as that and you donโ€™t need anyoneโ€™s approval to create the way you create. If you have your motives clear, have written your goals and take action one step at a time then you are doing more than 90% of the population. Most people just think and donโ€™t believe and therefore donโ€™t take action. That is not you. Because you are reading this I know you have a message to deliver, a piece of art that needs to be created and shared with the world.

ART IN SPACE! Exclusive Interview with Sabrina Terence

Sabrina Terence is a record setting Abstract Artist that became the first to successfully send her artwork 65 km (over 200,000 feet) high into space in October of 2016.

She discovered her interest in art in 1998 during her first painting lesson while living in Germany. Since then, she has attended many art exhibitions worldwide such as Art Basel, Art Berlin, and Art Fair Singapore to name a few.

Exclusive Interview with Mike Habs, a Punk Rock Abstract Artist who Goes Big

In my paintings, I work to leverage color and contrast to abstractly interpret songs that have had a meaningful impact or have helped me gain perspective throughout various points of my life. The paintings are my way of transcribing the enthusiasm, inspiration, and conceptual aspects I receive from this music, and the work then evolves as I continue to explore new techniques and approaches.

Interview with Metal Sculpture Artist Chris O’Rourke – Part 1: $150,000 Statue

As a longtime car and motorcycle enthusiast, Chris O’Rourke’s journey from metal fabricator to sculpture artist is a shining example of how materials typically reserved for mechanical applications are equally suited to art when in the right hands. In this two-part series, World Art News has the pleasure of interviewing a unique artist whose pursuit of perfection has resulted in his work being appraised at valuations that just might surprise you.